Lunch-box.



D. T. WHITE.

LUNCH BOX.

1 APPLICATION mum FL 25, 1913.

Patented Nov. '3. 1914.

Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHJL, WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

DANIEL T. WHITE, or moms, Wisconsin.

LUNCH-BOX.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL T. W EEITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Lunch-Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dinner-pails. v

An object of. the present invention 1s to provide a dinner pail. with two partitions extending longitudinally thereof spaced a slight distance from the side walls of the dinner pail and forming liquid receiving reservoirs for the reception of tea, coffee, or

like. substance and which may be heated means of a lamp disposed beneath the bottom plates of the reservoirs. I

A further object is to provide a dinner pail of novel form and to improve and simplify the construction thereof whereby it may act as a carrier for the var ous articles constituting a meal, including one or two different liquids and to provide means whereby the latter may be con: veniently and readily heated. ,q

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the descriptlon proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of partsand 1n .thedetails of construction hereinafter described. and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Inthe drawings accompanying thls specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention isillustrated, in which I Figure 1 is a View in perspectiveofmy' improved dinner pail. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view thereof taken on the line 22 of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of'one of the heating lamps.

. Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate vc0rre-- sponding parts throughout the several views, 4cl are the side walls, and 5 and- 6 the front andrear walls to which is secured the bottom 7. V a

S aceda slight distance from and exten ing parallel to the side walls 4:& are

the vertical partitions 88 which are, provided with the inwardly extending flanges Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 25, 1913. Serial No. 791,870. 4 I

Patented Nov.

' 9 at their lower extremities which rest flat upon. the inner surface of the bottom 7 and i are soldered or secured in a liquid-tight manner thereto by some equivalent means.

The upper extremities of the partitions 8" are bent sharply inwardly to form the top of a liquid receiving compartment as at 10 at which location they contact with the inner surfaces of the side walls at and extend upwardly and contact therewith as at 11. The upper extremities of the side walls, H are bent upon themselves as at 12 -andi also embrace the upstanding flanges 11 therebetween to hold the same rigidly in place and effecting a liquid-tight joint there- 'with. A plate 13 is provided with downwardly extending flanges 14 and which is positioned between the walls 4 and partitions 8 and forms the bottom of the liquid receiving compartments 15. The end walls of the compartments are provided by the end walls 5 and 6 of the dinner pail-with which the partitions 8 contact and are soldered or held thereto. Thus it will be apparent. that the. provision of the partitions 8 and bottom plate 13 define two liquid receiving compartmentsthe outer walls of which are formed by the outer walls .of the dinner pail and which are adapted to. receive a liquid therein suchas coffee, tea, or allied substance which may be poured therein through the spouts 16 which may be closed. by the corks 17 and which alsopro-' vides a delivery. outletv through 'which the liquid may be emptied, it being noted in this connection that a suitable air inlet opening 18 is provided to facilitate the filling and emptying of the liquid receiving compartment.

The front end wall 5 is provided with the openings 19 therein and which provide ens trance for the lamp receiving compartment disposedbeneath the reservoirs or liquid receiving chambers 15. The provision of the bottonr plate 13 for the liquid receiving compartments 15 provides a top for the lamp receiving compartments 20 which extend the entire longitudinal, distance of the din ner pail and are cutoff .from the interior thereof by reason of the fact that theparti-.

tions-8 extend through and arerigidly se-,

cured ,to the bottom plate 7 ofthe dinner pail. In order to provide for the proper amount of air for the burning of the lamps within the lamp compartments 20 the side flanges contacting with the bottom ,of the body portion, the upper extremities of the partitions stopping short of the upper extremities of the side walls and bent inward to form the top of a liquid receiving compartment, the said top extending to and conta-cting with the inner surface of the side Wall and projecting beneath the downwardly extending rim thereof to efi'ect a tight juncture therewith, plates extending between the partitions and adjacent side walls and defining the bottom of a liquid receiving compartment and the top of a lamp receiving compartment respectively, lamps insertible within the said lamp receiving compartments and adapted to heat the said liquid receiving compartments disposed thereabove,

the front end Wall of the body portion pro, vided with openings extending therethrough and defining lamp compartment entrances, the edges of the said end Wall 'provided'with outstanding tongues, a sliding door provided with interlocking edges slidably engaging the said tongues and adapted to close the lamp receiving compartment entrances, and a lid for the body portion.

In testimony that I'claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL T. WHITE,

Witnesses:

JOSEPH SMADER, G. H. SHURR.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratenta,

9 Washington, D. G. 

